Posts Tagged "Near-field communication"

Your mobile phone will soon replace your credit cards

Posted by on Jan 5, 2011 in Mobile | 0 comments

According to a recent report, Google is considering developing its own mobile payment service. What does that mean exactly? You would be able to walk into a store and purchase your items (i.e., milk, bread, jeans, electronics, etc.) by simply tapping or waving your mobile phone against a register at checkout. How cool is that?! This service is based on near-field communication technology (NFC), which can transfer and receive information wirelessly from a short distance.  You can exchange things like text, images, URLs or other data simply by holding your phone up to various “smart...

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